Reflections on Resemblance, Ritual and Religion - Hardcover

Smith, Brian K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8120815327 ISBN 13: 9788120815322

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publications, 1998

Synopsis

This volume explores the organizational principles of the ancient Indian sacrificial system, and the role Vedic religion plays in later orthodox Hinduism. The author argues that Vedic conceptions of the cosmos, the nature of the human being, visions of the afterlife, and representations of ritual theory and practice can all be understood in similar terms. Illuminating such general issues as the definition of religion, the nature and purpose of ritual, the dynamics of sacrifice and substitution, and the process of change and continuity in traditions, this book serves as a guide to a complex ancient religion and its legacy.

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Synopsis

It is an attempt to present the specifics of Vedism and Hinduism to exemplify theoretical and methodological issues of general impart with in the larger study religions. One of the very first works to link Vedism and later Hinduism and to provide and overview of the Vedic religion and its boarder theoretical and comparative issues.

Edition details

• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publications
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8120815327
• ISBN 13: 9788120815322
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 279